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Select Committee
Correspondence to the Minister for Water and Rural Growth relating to the Committee's session on flooding preparedness, dated 14 May 2024

Correspondence May. 14 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: prohibitively expensive for many, d espite welcome initiatives like the Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 13 2024

Source Page: Defra: spending over £25,000, February 2024
Document: (Excel)

Found: -02-08 00:00:00EXP - PURCHASE OF GOODS/SERVICES - ICT OUTSOURCING & MAINT/SUPPORTFUTURE FARMING AND COUNTRYSIDE

Commons Chamber
Agriculture - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) stewardship —particularly in mid-tier—and the sustainable farming incentive. - Speech Link
2: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) We also value the role that farmers play in protecting our great British countryside. - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) I want more people in stewardship schemes, landscape recovery and SFI. - Speech Link
4: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) What are we doing to ensure we open the doors to welcome them into SFI and countryside stewardship? - Speech Link
5: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) The scheme has already had a higher uptake than in the first few years of countryside stewardship and - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 11 2024

Source Page: Battle against pests and pathogens stepped up with new funding for national tree health laboratory
Document: England Trees Action Plan 2021-2024 (PDF)

Found: We will continue to offer the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation grant, with improvements to

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Forest Research

May. 11 2024

Source Page: Battle against pests and pathogens stepped up with new funding for national tree health laboratory
Document: England Trees Action Plan 2021-2024 (PDF)

Found: We will continue to offer the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation grant, with improvements to

Select Committee
Plantlife
 MET0029 - Methane

Written Evidence May. 10 2024

Inquiry: Methane
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: Accessed 15 Apr. 2024].613.The UK Government’s ambition for the new Environmental Land Management Scheme

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Environment Secretary speech at Farmers Weekly Transition Live Event
Document: Environment Secretary speech at Farmers Weekly Transition Live Event (webpage)

Found: It was a bureaucratic scheme; it wasn’t the scheme that drove environmental improvements.

Grand Committee
Artificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Krebs (XB - Life peer) half an hour, near an airport where low-flying aircraft disturb the peace every few minutes or in the countryside - Speech Link
2: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) In the countryside, there are a few areas where it is still quite dark at night. - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) The Government also have a duty of stewardship with public funds and need to make responsible choices - Speech Link

Written Question
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the new Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship actions can be added to areas already in the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement, particularly in upland areas where the HLS agreement has a linked Upland Entry Level Stewardship agreement.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

We plan to roll out the new combined Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship offer during 2024, with applications opening from the summer. We will publish more information about this, and how farmers will be able to apply, ahead of applications opening. This will include setting out how farmers with existing Higher Level Stewardship, Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements will be able to access the new offer.

Written Question
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government when farmers in existing Higher Level Stewardship, Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements can transfer to the new offer.

Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

We plan to roll out the new combined Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship offer during 2024, with applications opening from the summer. We will publish more information about this, and how farmers will be able to apply, ahead of applications opening. This will include setting out how farmers with existing Higher Level Stewardship, Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements will be able to access the new offer.